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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Kehl city banner]](../images/d/de-og-ke_.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2013
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It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: Stefan Schwoon spotted this banner on 22 May 2004 at the entrance of a gardeners' show ground.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2013
In a silver (= white) shield is a black anchor flanked by two red, heraldic roses.
Meaning:
The imperial fortress of Kehl had been an imperial fiefdom of the Margraves of Baden. Margrave Karl Friedrich of Baden granted the fortress near the village of Kehl city rights in 1774. The fortress became known as the Kehl City, whereas the village remained Kehl-Dorf.
From 1808-1814 the city, lying opposite of Straßburg, was part of France, and since 1814 part of Baden.
The oldest seal of Kehl is known since 1612 and shows in a complicated shield the arms of the three local vassals of the Margraves of Baden. After Kehl received city rights a new seal was made, which showed the imperial eagle and within an inescutcheon the bend of Baden.
The anchor was symbolizing shipping and the local harbour. Besides the Kehl City, the nearby village of Kehl used a different seal in 1811 showing a shield with a wheel with four spokes.
The present arms appear for the first time in the seal of the city in 1829. When city and village of Kehl merged in 1910, the new arms displayed the anchor, the two roses were replaced by a red wheel having four spokes, superimposing the anchor. The wheel had been proven as a symbol of the village since 1810. The tinctures were fixed in 1899. In 1934 the city replaced these arms by the arms with the two roses. The origin of the roses is unknown.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.57
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2013
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